harrogate3 wrote:
> "acierinox" <acierinox@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1175936279.918469.240280@y66g2000hsf.googlegr oups.com...
>> On Apr 7, 9:44 am, "acierinox" <acieri...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> On Apr 5, 8:20 pm, "harrogate3" <harroga...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can anyone give me any advice how to get this damn thing to
> work?
>>>> --
>>>> Woody
>>> Have you entered the 'Cloned MAC Address' of you NIC card? I had
> to
>>> do this to get VM to work with my SPA 2102.
>>>
>>> Router > WAN Setup > Enable MAC Clone Service > Yes
>>> Router > WAN Setup > Cloned MAC Address > [the Physical Address of
>>> your NIC card without the dashes]
>>>
>>> To find the latter in Win XP and 2k, Start > Run > cmd > ipconfig
> /all
>> just thought, if you have a router then MAC Clone Service has to be
>> enabled in your router, again with the address of your PC's NIC card
>>
>>
>
> Forgive me if I'm being thick, but since I have a router with four
> inputs why do I need to clone the MAC address of my PC?
>
>

You used to have to register the mac address of any computer you would
want to go online, but you were only allowed one on line at once. some
people used to clone a computers mac address to their router in order to
get round this.
I dont think the the need to register a mac address with your ISP
applies now.

dave